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What Does Loc Mean on Oven | How to Control It?

July 25, 2022 by John Stoll Leave a Comment

The LOC sign in the oven means the control panel is locked. Meaning, every button in your oven is inaccessible. In other words, when you try to run your oven and see the LOC sign in your oven display, it means the functions are also inaccessible. 

The main purpose of this sign is to secure your children and your appliance. This sign prevents children from using the oven as well as any unfamiliar person who doesn’t know how to run an oven.

When the control panel is locked, none of the oven’s functions works, and shows a LOC sign on the display.

What Does Loc Mean on Oven

Why Does My Oven Say LOC?

Now let’s figure out what exactly causes LOC error on an oven. The LOC error is not an error at all, it’s just a safety setting in your oven. This feature is installed in your oven as a child lock or to prevent users from outside who don’t know how to run the oven. And the sign will remain there until you disable the child lock mood.

As I have said already, the LOC sign in your oven never indicates any error, instead, it means your appliance is delivering quality service and working well. This lock system is much helpful for households who have children. You can set this child lock function with some easy steps. Thus you can secure both your children and appliances. I recommend you to use this lock function in your oven after your daily use. 

How To Control the LOC Signal in the Oven?

This is actually a child lock feature and for what you see LOC signal in your oven. Sometimes your oven can accidentally run on. otherwise your children may start using micro-oven with curiosity and it can bring them into danger. So you must need a perfect solution to secure your children and oven. The child lock feature can be the modern solution to this problem. That’s why most ovens provide this feature nowadays. Let’s learn how you can lock and unlock this child lock feature.

How to Set the Lock 

We will define the most common process to lock the child lock control. So it can vary on different brands or models. But don’t worry, you can easily find it in the user manual if this process doesn’t match. 

  1. Hold the clear, off, or on buttons together for three seconds and it will show an L sign on the display. 
  2. The L sign indicates the lock of the oven. After selecting L, if you try to switch on the oven it will show the LOC signal and you can’t even run it on until you unlock the function.
  3. Some models require pressing 5 and 7 at the same time for three seconds to lock the function. 

How to Unlock the LOC sign

You just need to follow the same process to unlock the control. Hold the off, clear, or on button for three seconds to unlock the LOC signal. To unlock some models, you must press 5 and 7 simultaneously for three seconds.

Frequently Ask Question

How Do I Clear the LOC on My Whirlpool Oven?

LOC sign in your Whirlpool oven means your oven functions are not accessible. You can also name it child lock. It prevents any unauthorized access including your children to run your oven. To unlock the lock, press and hold the Lock button on the control panel for 3 seconds, then you will hear a beep sound. If it doesn’t work, unplug the power connection and wait for five minutes. Then plug it back in, which should reset the temperature gauge and unlock it.

How Do I Clear the LOC on My LG Oven?

To clear the lock feature in your LG oven- Press and hold 9 and 0 together for at least 3 seconds to toggle off the lock. It will beep when the lock turns off; we have found that you sometimes have to hold the keys for closer to 5 seconds. This feature is useful when cleaning the control panel and keeping small children and unknown people from accessing the oven. 

Conclusion

Loc signal in your oven doesn’t mean any functional error in your oven. This is called a control lock or child lock. It keeps your oven safe from any unauthorized access. Moreover, it will prevent your children from using the oven. Follow our instructions to unlock or set the LOC control in your oven. Be safe and happy cooking. 

 

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